[Original]

‘Don’t boo-hoo,’ says the Lord of the Manor, who came by with his gun on his shoulder and his game-bag on his back. ‘Don’t boo-hoo! take the cow.’

‘Thank you kindly, your noble worship,’ says Johnny, as merry as may be, and he and the cow jogged along till it grew dark.

At last Johnny came to another farm, and there the farmer took in him and his cow.

Now, this farmer had a big pretty maid, as strong as a man, and he bade her milk Johnny’s cow. But, as she milked, the cow switched its tail in her eyes and made her see quite an illumination.

[Original]

The maid was an angry maid. She picked up a pitchfork and threw it at the cow, and the poor beast fell down dead!